[Modules] Un-Publish module without un-publishing the items within the module

[PaulvanEmden]

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS

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Problem statement:

In the module section, there are three options to publish or unpublish the module: 1. Publish module and all items 2. Publish module only 3. Unpublish module and all items Sometimes you want to unpublish a module and leave the items within this module marked as published for when you want to publish this module (again). Would it be possible to add a fourth option: 4. Unpublish module only Thank you!

Proposed solution:

Provide a fourth option: 4. 'Unpublish module only', which enables you to keep the items within a module 'published' when you are ready to publish the module (again) you don't have to think about which items you needed to publish for this module.

User role(s):

admin,instructor,ta,designer

[KristinL]

Hi!

Thank you for taking the time to share this idea with the Instructure Community. Please ensure that your Problem Statement is unique from your Solution. What are the guidelines for submitting a new idea? 

For the for the first section, what problem/challenge do you experience without having this fourth option?

[PaulvanEmden]

Hi Kristin,

In some cases you want to prepare a module in advance and enable (publish) the items that you want students to use in the future. When it is time to publish the whole module, you don't have to select the correct items anymore. For example when you reuse a course, or new students are added to a course that start from scratch, you might want to hide some modules from them. It would be nice if you can only unpublish the module, but leave the items enabled (published), for when you want to publish this module again.

I hope this helps!

Kind regards,

Paul

[AllisonHowell]

Hi @PaulvanEmden, I have chosen not to put this into a theme because we are currently working on this! We'll update the status of this idea once it's released. Thank you!

[PaulvanEmden]

Thank you Allison!

[KristinL]

  Comments from Instructure

This feature is available in Beta. For more information, please read through the Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-01-31) 

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[PaulvanEmden]

Great, thank you for the update Kristin!

[KristinL]

Comments from Instructure

For more information, please read through the Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-01-31)